Adjustable portiere hanger



Sept. 22, 1931. H. MEIER 1,823,909

ADJUSTABLE PORTIRE HANGER Filed Jan. 28, 1930 I l L @now/woz Patented Sept. 22, 1931 UNITED STATES HANS MEIER, oF NEW YORK, N. Y. f

ADJUSTABLE ron'rIRn; HANGER Application filed January 28i 193m Serial No. 423,938.'y

The main object of this invention is to provide a device from which curtains or portires are suspended in such fashion that they may f be manipulated to either spread the curtains apart or bunch them.

Another object of the invention is to provide a rod for suspending curtains or portires in which a rotatable helically channelled spindle is located, the adjacent ends 'of l Vthe curtains, or portires being supported upon the spindle iny such manner that thru rotation of the spindle the portires may be spread or bunched as desired.

The above and other objects will become 15 apparent in the description below in whichl characters of references refer to like-named parts in the drawings.

Referring briefly to the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevational view of the spreader rod showing the spindle and means of rotating the spindle mounted within the structure.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view thru the curtain or portires suspension hook, the section being taken online 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure'4 is a front elevational View of a window casing, showing the curtains in spread condition, and illustrating the application of the spreader rod.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral indicates the cylindrical barrel which is surmounted at one end by a cap 12. This barrel is provided intermediate its length with a divi ding wall 13, and at the extreme opposite end of the barrel a second closure cap 14 is secured. Between the dividing wall 13 and the cap 12 a longitudinal slot 11 is formed thruout the length of the barrel between the two stated members for purposes which will be more fully hereinafter described. Axially inthe caps 12 and 14, and in the dividing wall 13, bores 15 are formed and receive the reduced portions 16 of a spindle 17. At a position near one end and intermediate its length, flanges 18 are formed upon the spindle to provide thrust surfaces when the spindle is rotated. One end of said spin- 50 dle has a reduced diameter 19 enclosed and housed within achalnber 2O provided between the dividingwall 13 and the cap14. Said reduced end v19 of the spindle has a drum 21 sen cured thereon upon which is wound an ornamental rope 22.' `Both ends ofthis rope 23 55 and 24 depend tangentially lfrom the periphery of the drum and extend downwardly thru the open lmouth 25 of the chamber 20. Sect1on 2 clearly illustrates the construction of that portion of the barrel which encloss the drum 21. A second chamber 26 in the housingreceives and encloses the spindle 17 Half thevlengt'h of the'spindle is p'rovidedwitha right hand hvelicalychannel 27, while theremaining half' ofthe spindle is similarly pro- 65 vided with a left hand helical channelw28. The kright hand end of the spindle `has'en- -gaged and movable thereon a ring 29 from whicha hooked member'30 depends, said hooked vmember being suspended thru the slot `11 of the barrel.y A second companion ring 31 is mountedupon that'portion of the spindle in which the left "hand helical channel 28 is formed. Both of these ring Ymembers 29vand 31 :as showncompletely involve the' spindle 75 and at one positionthereon is provided with `an internally "and radiallyprojecting'pin 32 which` registers in the helical channel with which the particular ring member 29 or 31 coioperates. Thebarrel 10 of the device 80 forms 'a guide and support fora plurality of 'circular orelongated split 'ring member's33. The deviceisadapted for use -where curtains are'to be spread half way across the width of awindow, or bunched'adjacent the 85 'upright side of the' casing. The major niarginal edge of a pair of curtains or portires such as indicated by the numerals T34`and 35 are suspended'ffrom the split rings 33. which V in turn are supported upon the barrel 10 of 90 the spreader device. The abutting corners at the upper marginal edges of these curtains or portieres are suspended from the hooks 30 of the companion rings 29 and 31. It is to be noted that in the adjustment of 95 these hooks, or the original placing of the same, the stated hook members are arranged any equal distance from the center of the spindle, or from the location where the right and left hand helical channels 27 and 231mg meet. As these hook members 30 suspend from the spindle near the center of the lat-- ter, the upper marginal edge of the curtains 34 and 35 are spread across half the window as indicated in Figure 4. To spread or bunch these curtains as previously described, manipulation of the ropes 23 and 24 is all that is necessary. To separate the curtains or portires, the rope 24 is thrown downwardly by the person using the device. When it is desired to bunch these curtains adjacent' the l easing upright of the window, the opposing v rope 23 is pulled. By pulling 'either of these ropes the drum 2l fixed .to the vreduced end 19 of the spindle is rotated', and thru this operation thespindle is likewise turned. Ro- .tation of this spindle will movethe rings thru the medium of the helical ,channels-27` and 28 in either'oppo'sing directions, or to- Ward each other, accordingly to which rope is-manipulated. In thismanner a novel type Voi curtain rod isprovided which will permit the hanging of curtains or portieres, and allow an adjustable amountA of-sun light into thevroom by providing means which mechanieally spreadV 'or' bunch the curtains, :or portires as desired. j

It is to 'be noted that certain changes in form and construction may be made without departing from the spirit and scope ot" the invention. v A.

I claim: l l l Y A curtain spreader comprising a longitudinal barrel having a longitudinal slot therein, a spindle rotatable in said barrel, split rings vmounted loosely on saidlb'a-rre'l,

a pair of rings mounted on "said spindle, hooksdepending from said rings', sai-d hooks 'being adapted, tof-have 'the cor-ners "ofen-i'- -tains suspended therefrom, a drumon -said spindle, a rope wound about :said VVdrum having 'depending ends, said rope ends depend- -ing from opposite sides of said' drum and being adapted to yrotate said drum 'in either direction, said rope 'being adapted to rotate ysaid spindle, right andfleft handhelicalchannels ormed i-n said spindles, pins projecting inwardly from said rings, lsaid Vpinsregis'tering in said hel-ical channels, said spindle Y when rotated being -adaptedf-to lshift said ringsmaterially toward eachother, or away from each other synchronously.

In testimony whereof I aliixv my signature. f

HANS METER. 

